Category Archives: Local
Former Green Bay Gamblers player named to Olympic roster
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- For the fourth time in the history of the Green Bay Gamblers, the area's USHL team, a former player has been named to an Olympic roster. He will be the only hockey player ...
Feb 02, 2026
Judge finds Brillion man not competent to stand trial in father's murder, but he disagrees
CHILTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Kenneth Nelson is currently not competent to stand trial for allegedly killing his father, a judge ruled Friday, although Nelson disagreed with the finding. Nelson, 40, is c...
Feb 02, 2026 Kenneth Nelson (Calumet Co. Jail)
Caretaker ordered to stand trial in Oconto Falls theft case involving 91-year-old victim
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A caretaker for a 91-year-old "cognitively impaired" woman was ordered Friday to stand trial for allegedly stealing and selling items worth more than $30,000. The suspect tol...
Feb 02, 2026 Svitlana Yelenchuk is charged with stealing items from a woman for whom she worked as a caretaker. (Photo source: Oconto County Jail)
Green Bay woman charged after high-speed Rosendale chase; dash cam video released
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Jenna Burmeister was charged Friday with leading police on a chase which reached 130 miles per hour before ending in a field. Burmeister, 28, faces counts of eluding an ...
Feb 02, 2026 Jenna Burmeister (Fond du Lac Co. Jail)
'Uncle Fester' gets year in prison for breaking probation, faces May trial for drug counts
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Stephen Preisler, the author known as Uncle Fester, was sentenced Friday to a year in prison after having his probation revoked due to failed drug tests. Preisler, 67, gai...
Feb 02, 2026 Stephen Preisler, a.k.a. "Uncle Fester" appears in Brown County court, Sept. 12, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Second Wisconsin measles case this year confirmed in Dane County
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- UW-Madison and other health teams are tracing exposure sites after a confirmed Dane County measles case. The case of measles was confirmed in a resident of Dane County, representing the...
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Driver in fatal Ashwaubenon crash ticketed for refusing test; more charges pending
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Douglas Proehl, the suspect in a fatal drunken driving crash, was issued a citation for refusing to take a test for intoxication. Criminal charges have not been filed, but...
Feb 02, 2026
Bay Beach Bernard delivers his Groundhog Day forecast
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- It will be an early spring for Northeast Wisconsin. Bay Beach Bernard, the resident groundhog at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, made his annual Groundhog Day prediction on Monday morning...
Feb 02, 2026 Bernard the groundhog at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary in Green Bay, makes his first Groundhog Day prediction, February 2, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Northeast Wisconsin stores take part in nationwide 'economic blackout' protesting ICE
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Walking down College Avenue in downtown Appleton Friday, at least two stores were closed, with "ICE OUT" posters hung in their windows. It's part of a nationwide "economic blackout" to ...
Feb 02, 2026 Northeast Wisconsin storefronts display an 'ICE OUT' poster during the nationwide protest. January 30, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Luxemburg man jailed in fatal Ashwaubenon Crash that killed teenager
ASHWAUBENON (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Luxemburg man is in jail after a teen died in a crash Friday evening. Brown County Jail records show 69-year-old Douglas James Proehl was booked Friday. He faces a request ...
Feb 01, 2026
